Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 144316.015 - Employee's thumb is amputated while emptying dough

Accident Summary Nr: 144316.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 02/23/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1580997.015	03/02/2022		311830	Mi Mama'S Tortillas, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on February 23, 2022, an employee was working for a firm that made tortillas. He operated a pressing machine. He was emptying dough from the machine's divider. Apparently, the machine was in operation at the time. His right thumb became caught between the divider paddle, or chunker paddle, and the hopper wall. His thumb was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Energized, Food Preparation, Food processing, Hopper, Machine operator, Mixer, Mixer Blade, Reach, Reaching, Rotating Parts, Thumb, Work Rules

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1580997.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Pressing machine operators

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